Disney+ has announced a global distribution agreement with The Pok\u00e9mon Company International that includes Aardman\u2019s upcoming stop-motion series Pok\u00e9mon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch\u2019d & Pichu, debuting on Disney XD and streaming exclusively on Disney+ in 2027.<\/p>\n
The agreement also covers the franchise\u2019s original animated series, now available on the platform as Pok\u00e9mon the Series: The Beginning.<\/p>\n
Set in the Galar region introduced in the Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Pok\u00e9mon Shield video games, the new stop-motion series follows the gallant but accident-prone Sirfetch\u2019d and his playful companion Pichu. The pair travel across the region, helping Pok\u00e9mon in need, though their missions rarely go according to plan.<\/p>\n
The series is told from the Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s perspective and features no human characters.<\/p>\n
Director Tom Parkinson said in a release:<\/p>\n
From the moment we had selected our titular heroes, we knew it had the makings of a really funny, heartfelt odd-couple story. Sirfetch\u2019d has this wonderfully noble, slightly bumbling energy \u2013 determined to be the best knight in the whole of Galar. While Pichu is the playful, curious squire, and often, actual voice of reason. They really are best friends, and we think audiences are going to fall in love watching them stumble, succeed and help Pok\u00e9mon in need along the way.<\/p>\n
Phil Rynda, director of animation for The P\u00f3kemon International Company, added:<\/p>\n
These stories, full of adventure and heroism, all told from the perspective of Pok\u00e9mon is made even more exciting through the lens of the incredible filmmakers at Aardman. Audiences will be delighted getting to know the Sirfetch\u2019d & Pichu, and wonderful cast of Pok\u00e9mon, featured in this series. Aardman has brought Galar to life in a way that makes you feel like you can smell the air, touch the tree bark, and want to adventure alongside our series heroes.<\/p>\n
Aardman\u2019s core creative team includes Parkinson, creative director of IP development Nat McKay, and model-making creative lead James Young. The Bristol studio is producing the animation for The Pok\u00e9mon Company International.<\/p>\n
The first title released under the new Disney-Pok\u00e9mon agreement is Pok\u00e9mon the Series: The Beginning, which collects Ash Ketchum and Pikachu\u2019s original 1997-98 adventures. It began airing on Disney XD earlier this month and is now available on Disney+ in the U.S. and select international markets.<\/p>\n
Disney and The Pok\u00e9mon Company did not disclose the financial terms or duration of their agreement. The announcement identifies only The Misadventures of Sirfetch\u2019d & Pichu and The Beginning as part of the deal and does not indicate that Disney+ will become the exclusive home of the wider Pok\u00e9mon animation catalog.<\/p>\n
Pok\u00e9mon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch\u2019d & Pichu will premiere sometime in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disney+ has announced a global distribution agreement with The Pok\u00e9mon Company International that includes Aardman\u2019s upcoming stop-motion series…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,397],"class_list":["post-600813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}